was like a year before. there are some sports 18 staffers have rejoined your campaign, including six in the state of iowa. things are looking really good right now. of course, that means, of course, now the tough scrutiny, which brings me to another issuism want you to explain it because i don t fully understand it. freddie mac and fannie mae, you gingrich productions or gingrich group, rather, received a significant amount of money from fannie mae and freddie mac. tell me, first of all, how much money was it? well, i m not sure of the exact amount, but the reports are it s about a million six. we are trying to work that out. i don t have the numbers in the campaign because i m no longer at gingrich group. only from freddie mac, i never got anything from fannie mae. it was over a number of years. started in 99 and went into 2007 or 2008. we are trying to pull that
to me, barnicle. and since joe s not here because the poor guy had surgery, i just thought i d start the show out i read through a couple of pieces. i still don t see the justification for it. are you so indebted to pizza companies? you re indebted to the food industry. yeah. the obama administration wanted to do the right thing of course. it was lobbying congress by these food companies that got it turned around. and it s a disgrace, actually, when you look at the state of our kids health and the obesity epidemic. it s everything that s wrong with washington. let s move on and talk about what else is wrong with washington. we ll start with newt gingrich defendi ining his ties to fredd mac as he faces new scrutiny. the former house speaker reportedly earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from the company. gingrich addressed the controversy once again in iowa yesterday. first of all, it wasn t paid to me. gingrich group was a consulting
amount of money whether it s newt gingrich and the gingrich company and we have yet to find out how much money he made as the chief operating officer and principle of the gingrich group. whether he should have been disclosing the fact that he was on the freddie mac payroll at the time. that he was going after chris dodd? i think it reminds people what they do not like in politicians which is hypocrisy. that s the worst thing to be labeled is a flip flopper. people don t like the sense that you are saying things just to be toll tick. you areรง better off to take an unpopular position and stick wit as opposed to things that make you look and nurt has an explanation for everything. he ll have an explanation for this. to the casual observer this